Walking away from tenancy agreement

savingsuperstar

speedbird1973 wrote: »

the least we can expect is them to have some consideration for thos that pay for them.

We don't even know what the particular problem is with the neighbours so it seems untimely to pass judgement with an assumption that simply because of their circumstances they must be loud and disruptive. It could be that the OP just needs a quieter space than living nearby to a family might give them.

They have every right to come and live here I don't see why they should be particularly grateful because they're getting state help. There are a great number of English people who are receiving some sort of benefit who are similarly inconsiderate. Being an inconsiderate neighbour has nothing to do with your background.

kunekune

If they really are bad neighbours, they are bad neighbours. It has nothing to do with being refugees. Or having children. Without additional information about what the particular problems have been, I can't exclude the suspicion that OP wanted extra security simply because these weren't nice (white?) middle class professionals.

Sisyphus

LOL the thread starter hasn't even mentioned the nature of the problem with his neighbours - apart from being foreign and non-professional and we get the MSE branch of the BNP screaming for them to be sent home. I suppose we'll see a lot more of this as the economy takes a turn for the worse.

silvercar

Whereever you live, owned or rented you have no rights on how your neighbours behave towards you.

If the flat was rented by a different landlord you would have no comeback, if the flat was privately owned you would have no say. What the landlord does with other parts of his business are no concern of yours. If the neighbours behaviour warrants action, phone the council's noise & nuisance department or the police. Otherwise live and let live.

Your landlord let your flat to you, its not his job to make the neighbourhood as you would like it.

franklee

silvercar wrote: »

Whereever you live, owned or rented you have no rights on how your neighbours behave towards you.

If the flat was rented by a different landlord you would have no comeback, if the flat was privately owned you would have no say. What the landlord does with other parts of his business are no concern of yours. If the neighbours behaviour warrants action, phone the council's noise & nuisance department or the police. Otherwise live and let live.

If the flat is a leasehold property then this is incorrect.

The lessees have to abide by the terms of the lease which for example will include clauses about noise audible outside the flat after certain hours, nuisance to other lease holders etc.

The landlord is responsible for ensuring his tenants abide by the lease also, as is any landlord.

OP ask for a copy of the lease and report any breaches to the freeholder/management company.